šḥl / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root šḥl: Swahili.

šḥl

To sharpen, scrape off, peel.

a. Swahili, from Arabic sawāḥilī, of the coast, Swahili, from sawāḥil, plural of sāḥil, coast, active participle of saḥala, to scrape off, smooth, plane;;
b. Sahel, from sāḥil, coast, active participle of saḥala, to scrape off, smooth, plane.
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